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-(No Model.)

J. J. SENCBNBAUGH.

GOMBINBD INHALBR AND MBDIQATOR.

No. 473,526. Padtented Apr. 26, 1892.

)@2195 S 6'5- @i Y (1T/vengon- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. SENCENBAUGH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TC lEDVARD C. CLAY,OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED INHALER AND MEDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,526, dated April26, 1892.

Serial No. 400,104. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN J. SENCENBAUGH, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Inhaler and Medicator, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in what are known asmedicators or inhalers, the former name being the better for the reasonthat in some of these medicators, as in the one hereinafter described,the prepared air with which the affected parts are treated is forcedinto contact therewith instead of drawn past the same by the act ofinspiration. In these devices the air is commonly passed through eithersolid or liquid remedies, in order that it may take up certain portionsof these remedies and carry them to the parts to be treated. yThe mostcommon solid used for this purpose is menthol. In the use of the samethere is ordinarily great difficulty in replacing the menthol when eX-hausted, and the operation of so doing ordinarily amounts to thereconstruction of the medicator. Again, it is desirable to use certainliquids in connection with the menthol and to pass the air through saidliquids, as

well as through the menthol, in order that it may take up part of thesame.

The purpose of my invention is, first, to provide means whereby thementhol or similar substance may be easily removed and replaced, andalso means for holding` the liquid out of contact therewith and isolatedtherefrom.

Referring to the drawings for the preferred construction of myinvention, Figure l is a perspective of the complete device; Fig. 2, across-section; Figs. 3 and 4, respectively, side views and perspectiveofthe separate portions of the device taken apart.

Applying reference-letters to the drawings, A and B are two bowlsfitting together to form a hollow receptacle, the bowlA extending upwardin the form of two tubes a, adapted to enter the nostrils, and the bowlB having a pipe or mouth-piece b, through which air may be forced intoand through the chamber within the receptacle. A cup C, fitting snuglyVwithin the portion A and having a perforated bottoni, is provided with abail c, curved inward at c and small enough to project into the portionB. The menthol orsimilar lnaterial is placed within the cup and a spongec2 pressed down overit, where it is held in place by the inward bends cof the bail c. Another sponge b is placed in the bowl B, the cup Cplaced bottom upward in the portion A, and the two parts then pressedtogether, when the bail c, extending downward, will rest upon the spongeb and hold it securely in place, preventing it from touching the spongec2.

I/Vhatever liquid it is desired to use is placed in the sponge b', whereit will be perfectly isolated from the menthol, as well as the sponge cresting thereon.,

When it becomes desirable to replace the menthol, it is obvious that thedevice need merely be taken apart and the cup C withdrawn, when itbecomes an easy. matter to clean the same and refill it.

A great many variations in the particular form and arrangement of mydevice might be .made without departing from'the principle thereof. Thebail cis not absolutely essential, although exceedingly convenient inremoving the cup C, for the inner portion of the bowl B could be lnadeso small and the sponge h iitted so tightly therein or in an enlargementin the bottom thereof that it would be 'impossible for the two Spongesto come into contact.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a device ofthe class described, the combination of two bowls separably connected toform a chamber, a cup removably secured in one of said bowls and adaptedto contain a suitable drug, a sponge secured in the other of said bowlsand adapted to be moistened with a suitable liquid, and means formaintaining a space'between said cup and sponge, substantially as shownand described.

2. The combination,with the portions A B, of the cup C, having the bailc, adapted to receive and retain a suitable drug, and the spongeb,iso1ated therefrom by means of the the interior, held away from thesponge c2 by bail c, substantially as described. means of the bail c,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the ortions A B, of the cnp C, having thebailpc, a suitable JOHN 'T' SENOENBAUGH' 5 drug Within the cup, thesponge c2, holding Witnesses:

the same in place and itself retained by means H. BITNER, of the bendc', and a second sponge b Within CHARLES O. SHERVEY.

